Less than two weeks after the “theft of the century” scandal, which saw the “disappearance” of $2.5 billion in Iraqi tax insurance funds, a new major theft emerged, involving nine senior officers in the Ministry of Interior in the southern province of Basra.
A document issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Interior said that the nine officers have been imprisoned pending investigations into the theft. Those are detained on suspicion of cooperation with gangs and dealers to facilitate the theft of oil from Basra.
